A poster the recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster. This is the first of a series of posters. Roland Tiangco’s dirt poster is a brilliant piece of print work that can be appreciated by both design and conceptual advertising minds alike. I don't think I would be happy if someone sent me that poster and didn't tell me about the concept. I do however think that the concept is a great idea.

Create Vintage Style Photos

How to keep the good qualities of vintage-effects and throw in some beautiful clouds of color by utilizing the adjustment layers in CS4.














Creating a Customized Product and Label

Learn how to make this picture below.



















2 Ways To Create Realistic "Depth of Fields"

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create realistic “Depth of Field” in Photoshop. We are going to look at two different ways of doing it depending on what kind of picture you want to modify.




Super Cool Water Effects in 10 Steps

Learn how to create another Watercolor effect using Masks and Watercolor brushes






















Create a Retro Cosmic Design

This tutorial will teach you how to recreate the Retro Cosmic designs made popular by James White of Signalnoise. All you need is a copy of Photoshop and some time on your hands. In this particular example we’re going to create a retro cosmic rainbow but the techniques explained can be used in combination with any shape and color.




Creating a Space Helmet Future Retro Illustration

I don’t know about you guys but I’m loving the work of Electrik Suicide and Sakke Soini at the moment. I’m going to call it Future Retro for the sake of this tutorial. I employed my take on the style in pitching a poster and overall look for a night at a local club. This tutorial goes over the meat and potatoes of it’s creation!

 I have been getting more and more into the world of Graphics. In doing so I find that I have a lot of defects in doing art work with a mouse.  So I started doing some research on using a pen tablet to help where the mouse does not.  So I came upon the Original VisTablet. VisTablet is the New Standard in graphics tablets. With a 12.1" widescreen tracing surface, 29 customizable macro fields and an incredibly slim design, this highly affordable tablet is optimized for Windows Vista's advanced tablet capabilities and compatible with Apple's OSX and Windows Vista/XP/2000. With 1,024 levels of sensitivity in its pen, this tablet is ready to become part of your creative process.

Pen tablets have been around for some time. Not until recently have they become affordable to the general public. They were primarily used by professionals in the Graphic art and Photo industries. VisTablet allows you to explore the internet, draw, paint, write, highlight and do professional or home photo editing. VisTablet also opens up advanced pen features available in all the new Microsoft Office applications. Through electro- magnetic induction, information is exchanged between the pen and the tablet while your movements are translated to your computer screen. With no stand-alone power supply required, the VisTablet is a great choice for portable computers as well as desktop PC’s. VisTablet will open up the world of design to you in ways that were previously either to expensive or to limiting. VisTablet is the new standard in graphics tablets.

Here is the TCL Playlist-02 mixed by Damion. I decided for this Playlist that I would mix this set instead of just playing track by track to give it that continuous feel. Go ahead and take a listen to this mix. It has a nice flow that will bring you up and down throughout this mix. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.


Cover Art By Damion

Logitech QuickCam Communicate MP Webcam, 1.3 Megapixel, Built-in Microphone, P/N: 960-000240

I will soon be a proud owner of a Logitechs Quick Cam. I haven't used a web cam in many moons. I recently decided to purchase a new one because of the increase request of friends and family members. I also purchased it to do my assignment for school. I can now do video responses instead of writing a paper and who doesn't want to do that. I should be getting it sometime this weekend.

The Logitech Quick Cam has a 1.3-megapixel sensor lets you enjoy software-enhanced photos up to 4 megapixels. RightLight technology automatically improves image clarity, even in dim light. RightSound technology ensures clear conversations without background noise. Compatible with all major instant messaging programs.

I came across Dutch photographer GoWithTheFlowEnzo’s work from Tycho's Blog. I found his work to be simple with a touch of effects overlapped to give his work the feeling of serenity. His work reminds me of days of past when things were simplistic and yet imaginative. Robin I'm assuming is his name per his profile on deviantart.com will keep on his inspiration and inspire others. The kid has talent and I'm sure it will continue to grow in the future.

Shun Kawakami has a unique form of art. Shun is a designer, currently based in Tokyo and the founder and Chief of artless Inc.I have enjoyed his style of art with the use of number. He then uses the feel of Japanese plants to bring the number to life. Shun has been in many exhibitions throughout the world in showing his work. If you want to check out more of his work you can check out his site.


Shun Kawakami Website

Over the past couple of months on my researching of different fonts and websites. I have noticed a large increase in Grungy style websites and graphics. So I thought I would give you some Fonts that can help with your designs. While most of the fonts on this list can’t really be used for website copy and articles, they can certainly be used for logos and headings or other types of graphics.

Dirty English

Docteur Atomic

A Bite



Defused



Got Heroin



Cocaine Sans


Ginga

The ultimate homage to Dick Tracy this year as two of its preeminent electronics manufacturers duke it out for supremacy in the oh-so-pricey world of watch phones. Due to land in France any day now, the Samsung S9110 is said to be the slimmest watch phone ever released, featuring a 1.76-inch touch screen and such niceties as Bluetooth, voice recognition, MP3 player capabilities, a speakerphone, and e-mail functionality. Sporting similar specs but a slightly thicker profile, and a higher MSRP, LG's GD910 will also pack 3G video call capabilities and 2GB of internal memory (versus just 40MB in the S9110) when it arrives in France at just about the same time.


LG GD910 Watch Ph Video